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Donnetta Dyson

Case from Washington, DC dated Sep 04, 2021

Victim Details

Donnetta Dyson

Female

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2021-09-04

31

Donnetta

Dyson

06/25/2026

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On a warm Saturday evening, September 4, 2021, a mother's frantic search for her daughter came to a tragic end on a street in Northwest Washington, D.C. Thirty-one-year-old Donnetta Dyson, a devoted single mother of two, had returned to the Brightwood Park neighborhood, a place where she had old friends and memories, to visit. That evening, she was caught in a burst of gunfire that erupted in the 600 block of Longfellow Street.

The violence that claimed Donnetta’s life was part of a dea ...
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  • DC shooting leaves 3 dead, 3 wounded, suspects on the run
  • WJLA: 3 dead, 3 injured in Northwest DC shooting involving 'neighborhood crews,' police say
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